ARTIST TALK: POLINA KANIS (RUSSIA)
29 Feb 16
YARAT Contemporary Art Space is pleased to invite you to meet a young Russian artist – Polina Kanis, on February 29, at 19:00, whose personal exhibition will be held at Artwin Gallery Kicik QalArt on March 1.
Author bares the fear of traumatic collision with another, concealed at the bottom of any society in her works. Polina Kanis’s dystopian, therefore, realistic works reflect landscape of emotionless desert, on the background of which the subjects shorn of emotions and estranged not only from themselves but also from others like them, take part in conditional and universal events, causes and purposes of which are unknown. We will see that the place considered safe for a group of people that hide from humans, is not actually a shelter, but is a sticking point in Kanis’s video work titled “Pool”. Darkness, humidity and low gravity are completely defining this space and carry all its characteristics. People are comfortable in the shelter because they have experienced real danger. They are isolated and future developments are not so important for them.
Polina Kanis was born in 1985 in Leningrad. She graduated from the Pedagogical University named after Herzen, Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia named after Rodchenko. She was included into the long list of Kandinsky Prize in the “Young artist” category in 2010. She was nominated for “Innovation” State Prize in 2011 and in 2015. Solo exhibitions of Kanis were held in the frame of Manifesta 10, St. Petersburg, 2014, as well as on the island of "New Holland", St. Petersburg, 2013, in Mistetsky Arsenal, Kiev, 2012. Kanis’s art works are based on the following collections - National Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Stella Art foundation, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, The Art Vectors Investment Partnership Foundation, Vienna, Foundation of Vladimir Smirnov and Konstantin Sorokin, Moscow, Foundation Videoinsight, Bologna. Polina is nominated for 2015 "Innovation" Prize for her video work titled “Pool”.
Artwin Gallery
A gallery was founded in June 2012 by sisters Madina and Mariana Gogovaya in Moscow. Prior to opening a new space in February 2015, Artwin Gallery was organizing exhibitions at the museum areas, actively supporting the artists it cooperates with and participating in modern art fairs. The major gooals of the gallery’s activity are to create a platform for a dialogue between artists from different countries and generations, and promoting the young Russian art within the country and abroad. Sincere interest in Russian artists, courageous approach to curators and exhibition activities, and deep knowledge of art markets of Russia and the CIS countries allow Artwin Gallery to create variety of extraordinary projects presenting different types and forms of contemporary art. Artwin Gallery participates in international exhibitions and biennales: Moscow International Biennale of Junior Art, Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Cosmoscow, Artbat Fest Contemporary Art Festival in Almaty and others. The gallery also promotes contemporary art by organizing lectures and round tables with art-market professionals and by participating in educational programs. Polina Kanis, Olga Kiseleva, Olga Croitor, Almagul Menlibaeva, Gulnur Mukazhanova, Dima Rebus, Anna Titova are among the artists the gallery works with. Artwin Gallery, together with the Azerbaijani Foundation Kicik QalArt, opened its own space in Baku in September 2015.
Since 2009, exhibitions have been held with the participation of artists such as Aidan Salakhova, Niyaz Najafov, Misha Most, Fakhriya Mammadova, Oleg Timchenko, Farid Rasulov, Faig Ahmed, Orkhan Huseynov, Rashad Alakbarov, Eugene Kovtonyuk, Koka Ramishvili, Rena Effendi, Afet Baghirova, AES, Natalia Mali, Vusala Abdullayeva, Aida Mahmudova and others in Kicik Qalart space. The objective of Artwin Gallery Kicik QalArt is the development of contemporary art market in Azerbaijan and maintaining dialogue between the artists of the two countries, representation of Russian and foreign artists. Kicik QalArt plans to hold a series of meetings with artists and open discussions on the subject of contemporary art and culture along with the exhibition work Artwin Gallery.
Date: February 29, 2015
Time: 19.00
Venue: YARAT Contemporary Art Centre, Multifunctional Room
Contact phone: +99412 505 1414
Admission: FREE
